1926 United Kingdom General Strike Ends May 12, 1926

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Date: August 6, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926United Kingdom General Strike Begins May 4, 1926Fox Film Buys Movietone Sound System…

Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit. Date: October 24, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Italian-built Airship Norge First to Fly Over North Pole, May 12, 1926College Board…

The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird. Date: January 26, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Portugal Coup d’État Establishes Ditadura Nacional, May 28, 1926Portugal Ditadura Nacional Established in 1926 Coup…

The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. Date: March 14, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day…

Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou. Date: March 20, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Aimee Semple McPherson Disappears in Venice, California, May 18, 1926First…

Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. Date: April 21, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Fox Film Buys Movietone Sound System Patents,…